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April 8, 2021 | Customs, customs4trade, work environment, jobs, career

Continuing a Fulfiling Career in Customs: Interview with Rudi Du Bois

April 1, 2021 | Customs, Compliance, Implementing Act, Data model, Data

Data requirements for customs systems: recent amendments

March 22, 2021 | customs4trade, work environment, nature, innovation

Single-Use Water Bottles Banned at C4T

March 18, 2021 | Customs, customs4trade, work environment, jobs, career

Building a Career at C4T: Charlotte Vandecan

March 12, 2021 | Customs, Compliance, import, export, Brexit, UK, EU

UK Border Controls Postponed, Simplified Declarations Process Extended

March 9, 2021 | Customs, International trade, innovation, digitalisation, Supply chain optimisation, Data

WCO Magazine: How Digitisation Will Be Key to the Recovery, Renewal, and Resilience of the Supply Chain

February 23, 2021 | Customs, innovation, EU, machine learning, Data, Customs Union

Dare to Dream Big: A Unified EU Customs by 2040

February 16, 2021 | Customs, customs4trade, work environment, jobs, career

Building a Career at C4T: Jana De Borger

February 12, 2021 | Brexit, UK, EU, Customs Warehouse, Preferential treatment, Returned Goods

How to Claim Preferential Treatment and Returned Goods Relief for EU Goods Returning to the EU

February 9, 2021 | Insider, work environment, nature, wellbeing, COVID-19

Reshaping our Workplace: How C4T Will Adapt Post-COVID

February 3, 2021 | Rules of origin, Brexit, UK, free trade agreement, FTA, Certificate of origin, Switzerland

UK and Switzerland Free Trade Agreement

January 28, 2021 | Customs, declaration, the Netherlands, ecommerce, Venue

VENUE Simplified Declarations for Netherlands e-Commerce

January 20, 2021 | Rules of origin, European Commision, Origin, PEM

Preferential origin with Pan-Euro-Mediterranean countries

January 5, 2021 | Customs, Brexit, UK, EU, free trade agreement, Managed Customs Services

Are New Brexit Formalities Causing Delays? Managed Customs Services Can Help

December 29, 2020 | International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK, EU, free trade agreement, FTA

A zero tariff & zero quotas deal under the EU-UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement

December 22, 2020 | Insider, customs4trade, work environment, diversity, multicultural

10 Reasons Why Santa Would Be a Great C4Ter

December 3, 2020 | Customs, Compliance, innovation, EU, European Commision, integration, Single window

Digital Era of Customs: The EU “Single Window” Initiative

November 26, 2020 | Customs, import, export, Brexit, EU, EIDR

Not Ready for Brexit? CAS Supports Transitional EIDR

November 17, 2020 | Customs, International trade, Brexit, UK, EU, free trade agreement, FTA

UK Concludes FTAs with 23 Non-EU Countries

November 10, 2020 | Customs, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK, EU, France

Brexit Update: French Borders

November 5, 2020 | Customs, International trade, import, export, integration, Ireland

CAS Integration with Irish Customs Systems

October 29, 2020 | Customs, CAS, declaration, Belgium, e-globalisation

What E-Globalisation Means for Belgian Companies with a Globalisation Authorisation

October 14, 2020 | import, Rules of origin, EU, Customs duty, Origin, CETA, Canada, Drawback

CETA Drawback Rule Expires

October 7, 2020 | Customs, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK, EU, declaration, Grants

Brexit - Extreme Risk of Disruption at the UK Border

October 1, 2020 | Customs, International trade, Brexit, UK, declaration, Grants

UK Customs Grant Scheme Will Fund 100% of Declarations Automation

September 24, 2020 | Customs, automation, CAS, #inward processing, Customs Warehouse, Special Procedures

How to Start Using Inward Processing

September 9, 2020 | Customs, digitalisation, declaration, Netherlands, Special Procedures, DMS, AGS, GPA, SPA

Update: The Move from AGS to DMS

September 2, 2020 | Customs, automation, CAS, integration, Certificate of origin

Origin Management – CAS Integrates with DigiChambers

August 26, 2020 | Insider, customs4trade, work environment, EachforEqual, diversity, international team, multicultural

Building a Diverse Team

August 10, 2020 | Customs, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK, EU

Brexit Update: The UK Border Operating Model for Trade with the EU

August 4, 2020 | Customs, import, customs manager, UCC, European Commision, ICS, ecommerce

Amendments to UCC Delegated Act Address ICS2, eCommerce, and Military Mobility

July 28, 2020 | Insider, Customs, automation, Compliance, CAS, integration

Another Take on Customs and Logistics: An Insider’s Perspective

July 23, 2020 | import, declaration, Prelodge, Belgium, Type D

Type D Declarations: Economic Operators Can Now Use Pre-Lodge Import Declarations at Belgian Seaports

July 14, 2020 | Insider, Customs, automation, Compliance, CAS, integration

From Using Customs Software to Building It: An Insider’s Perspective

July 9, 2020 | Customs, import, Brexit, Security, ENS, ICS

ICS2: The New Customs Pre-Arrival Security and Safety Programme

June 30, 2020 | Customs, EU, free trade agreement, FTA, European Union, Vietnam

EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

June 23, 2020 | Customs, customs4trade, work environment, jobs, career

Building a Career at C4T: Laurent Delbar

June 17, 2020 | Customs, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK, EU, Transition period

Brexit – A Phased Approach

June 16, 2020 | Compliance, innovation, Data, Tech series

Tech Series: Compliance

June 8, 2020 | Customs, automation, International trade, innovation, UCC, European Commision, masp

The EU Multi-Annual Strategic Plan for the Standardisation of Customs

June 2, 2020 | Customs, International trade, CAS, broker management

CAS Goes Global with Broker Management

May 26, 2020 | Customs, automation, UK, AEO, authorised economic operator

New Guidance on AEO Applications in the UK

May 18, 2020 | innovation, Data, Tech series, Data residency, Security

Tech Series: Where Your Data Resides Effects Data Security

May 11, 2020 | Customs, CAS, software, Quality, QA

How Do You Measure Quality?

May 5, 2020 | Customs, International trade, customs manager, ICC, Customs Professional of the Year

Unsung Heroes of this Crisis Will be Celebrated with the Next Customs Professional Award

April 28, 2020 | Customs, innovation, UCC, Netherlands, the Netherlands, DMS, AGS

Dutch Customs: The Move from AGS to DMS

April 20, 2020 | Customs, automation, Compliance, International trade, CAS, Customs duty

Why is Customs Important? The Benefits Go Beyond Compliance.

April 7, 2020 | Insider, work environment, software, Microsoft, Dev, LEAP

Microsoft LEAP 2020

March 31, 2020 | innovation, Analytics, Platform, Cloud computing, Data, Tech series

Tech Series: How the Cloud is Changing Technology Design

March 24, 2020 | Customs, Compliance, #inward processing, Customs duty, Outward Processing, Customs Warehouse, Special Procedures

Special Procedures – What are They and Why Should You Use Them?

March 17, 2020 | Customs, European Commision, Customs duty, Carbon Tax

What Will the EU Carbon Border Tax Mean for Customs?

March 9, 2020 | Customs, customs4trade, work environment, jobs, EachforEqual, IWD

Celebrating International Women’s Day

March 3, 2020 | International trade, EU, European Commision, Cambodia, Tariff preferences, EBA

EC Withdraws Cambodian Tariff Preferences

February 27, 2020 | Customs, automation, SaaS, International trade, import, export, CAS, Insights, Supply chain optimisation

Microsoft Envision for Manufacturing

February 18, 2020 | Customs, SaaS, Compliance, International trade, CAS, customs4trade, 42CAP, 10x Group, HI Inov, Investors

Customs4trade Takes Off in 2020 with Powerful Investor Backing

February 12, 2020 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, customs4trade, work environment, nature, innovation, software, jobs, digitalisation

C4T: A Lean, Green Machine

February 4, 2020 | Insider, work environment, jobs, Dev, career

Women in IT: An Array of Options

January 31, 2020 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, Brexit, UK, EU, Withdrawal Agreement, Transition period

Bon Voyage: The UK Leaves the EU Today

January 29, 2020 | Customs, automation, SaaS, Compliance, International trade, import, export, CAS, customs4trade, software, Microsoft

Why C4T Chose Microsoft Azure

January 23, 2020 | Customs, International trade, customs manager, customs4trade, Microsoft, Event, WCO, ICC, Customs Professional of the Year

Meet the Customs Professional of the Year

January 20, 2020 | Compliance, export, customs manager, European Commision, Classification, Dual use, Export controls

Updated EU Dual-use List Effective December 31, 2019

January 16, 2020 | Customs, automation, SaaS, Compliance, International trade, import, export, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, demo

CAS 2020: We Have Exciting Things in Store for You!

January 9, 2020 | Customs, International trade, import, export, ICC, Incoterms, Incoterms2020

Incoterms® 2020 Have Now Kicked In!

January 6, 2020 | Customs, EU, free trade agreement, FTA, European Union, Singapore

EU-Singapore Trade Agreement

December 31, 2019 | Insider, Compliance, CAS, customs4trade, work environment, innovation

From 2004 To 2019: Recognizing What We’ve Had and Plan To Have

December 27, 2019 | REX, GSP, certification, Registered Exporter System, Certificate of origin, Origin

1 January 2020: OCTs are Joining the REX System

December 19, 2019 | Customs, International trade, CAS, WCO, Data model

WCO Data Model

December 11, 2019 | Customs, automation, CAS, innovation, software, Trends, Digital Pioneers

C4T Selected as Trends Digital Pioneer Finalist

December 5, 2019 | Customs, International trade, European Commision, Customs duty, Classification, Common Customs Tariff

Combined Nomenclature Changes for the Common Customs Tariff

November 29, 2019 | Customs, Compliance, customs manager, customs4trade, Event, WCO Academy, ICC, Customs Professional of the Year, elearning

Voting is Open for the 2020 Customs Professional Award!

November 20, 2019 | Customs, International trade, import, export, customs manager, EU, Analytics, Survey Report, European Union

Survey Report: How EU Customs is Perceived

November 4, 2019 | Customs, automation, International trade, import, export, CAS, integration, Portbase, demo, the Netherlands

CAS Extends its Integration with Portbase

October 31, 2019 | Customs, import, export, CAS, Brexit, UK, deadline, EU27

Brexit –A Third Extension

October 28, 2019 | Customs, International trade, certification, WCO Academy, elearning, Harmonized System

(E) Learn More about the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System

October 23, 2019 | Customs, International trade, import, export, CAS, Brexit, united kingdom, France, integration

CAS Integrates with French Customs

October 14, 2019 | Customs, International trade, import, export, ICC, Incoterms, Incoterms2020

Now Released: Incoterms® 2020

October 8, 2019 | automation, CAS, declaration, API, Notification

Share Data with CAS’s Notification and Declaration APIs

September 30, 2019 | Customs, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK, EU, EORI

EORI Numbers—How It Will Work Post-Brexit

September 24, 2019 | automation, CAS, Brexit, UK, CDS, CHIEF, UCC, decisiontables, Additional codes

Additional Codes Will Be Required in CDS

September 19, 2019 | Customs, International trade, customs manager, CAS, Insights, Analytics, Visbility

Break into your data with CAS Insights

September 10, 2019 | Customs, International trade, import, export, CAS, Testimonial

CAS Saves Time and Money—But Don’t Take Our Word for It!

September 6, 2019 | International trade, Brexit, UK, EU, European Commision, deadline, EU27

European Commission: “Be Prepared for a Hard Brexit”

September 3, 2019 | Customs, International trade, import, export, ICC, Incoterms

Incoterms®2020: Change is Coming!

August 27, 2019 | Customs, International trade, import, UCC, European Commision, declaration, low-value shipments

New Customs Declaration Form for Low-value Shipments Reduces Required Data by 3x

August 21, 2019 | Customs, International trade, customs manager, customs4trade, innovation, Event, ICC, Customs Professional of the Year

Customs Professional Award Recognizes Customs and International Commerce Expertise

August 13, 2019 | Customs, automation, Compliance, export, CAS, decisiontables, Customs value

Are You Assigning the Proper Value to Your Goods?

August 6, 2019 | Insider, SaaS, customs4trade, work environment, nature, jobs, career

Our Team is Growing!

July 31, 2019 | automation, Compliance, International trade, import, export, customs manager, CAS, machine learning, digitalisation

C4T’s View: Swimming to Success

July 24, 2019 | Customs, International trade, CAS, customs4trade, innovation, machine learning

Machine Learning: Improving Your Customs Administration While You Sleep

July 16, 2019 | Customs, International trade, customs manager, customs4trade, certification, WCO, e-learning, WCO Academy

Keep Tabs on Customs-Related Topics Through C4T and the WCO Academy

July 10, 2019 | Customs, customs manager, UCC, European Commision, Time limit, Customs duty, BTI, Outward Processing

UCC Amendment Impacts

July 2, 2019 | Customs, CAS, customs4trade, C4T Connect, Event

C4T Connect—Sharing Successful Customs Practices

June 25, 2019 | Customs, International trade, Brexit, customs4trade, UK, European Commision, EU27

European Commission Identifies Customs as a Lacking Area in Brexit Preparedness

June 18, 2019 | Customs, automation, International trade, export, CAS, GSP, Brexit, customs4trade, UK, EU27

CAS Now Supports HMRC-Approved Customs Flows

June 13, 2019 | Customs, International trade, customs manager, customs4trade, AEO, authorised economic operator, certification, Customs duty, Guarantee

Reduce Your Customs Debt by Becoming an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)

June 4, 2019 | Customs, import, export, customs manager, Brexit, customs4trade, UK, UCC, European Commision, Customs value, Implementing Act, Transport cost

UCC Implementing Act Amendment: Air Transport Costs to be Applied to the Value of Goods Coming from the UK

May 28, 2019 | Customs, automation, customs manager, CAS, Brexit, customs4trade, onboarding, fast, single message, multiple filing

New Updates to CAS: Single Message, Multiple Filing

May 23, 2019 | Customs, customs4trade, work environment, jobs, career

Building a Career at C4T: Nelleke Engels

May 21, 2019 | Customs, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, onboarding, fast, shipmentmessage, decisiontables

New Updates to CAS: Fast Onboarding

May 17, 2019 | Customs, Compliance, import, export, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, UCC, End use, Mineral products, Mixed storage

UCC Delegated Act Amendments Series #8: New Opportunity for Companies Storing Mineral Products (Fuels, Oils, Etc.) and Organic Chemicals

May 14, 2019 | Customs, International trade, customs manager, customs4trade, AEO, authorised economic operator, certification

Obtaining an AEO Certification May Be Easier Than You Think

May 7, 2019 | Customs, customs4trade, work environment, jobs, career

Building a Career at C4T: Romina Ozorio

May 2, 2019 | Customs, Brexit, UK, European Commision, deadline, Government, EU27, elections, Guidelines

Brexit: Is the Halloween Deadline Just a Masquerade?

April 29, 2019 | Customs, customs4trade, work environment, jobs, career

Building a Career at C4T: Astrid van Dam

April 24, 2019 | Customs, Compliance, import, export, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, UCC, Transit, Customs status, Union goods

UCC Delegated Act Amendments Series #7: Proof of customs status of Union goods and transit

April 19, 2019 | Customs, Compliance, import, export, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, UCC, Repayment, Time limit, Remission

UCC Delegated Act Amendments Series #6: Time-limit for taking decisions on repayment or remission

March 29, 2019 | automation, International trade, customs manager, Brexit, EU, united kingdom, deadline, Compliance Manager, Withdrawal Agreement

It’s Brexit Day—Now What?

March 7, 2019 | Customs, automation, Compliance, International trade, customs manager, Compliance Manager

Look Like a Hero with Automated Customs Compliance

March 5, 2019 | Customs, Brexit, UK, united kingdom, deadline, Withdrawal Agreement, Joint Statement, Government, EU27

Brexit: Time is Running Short to Reach a Deal Before March 29

February 28, 2019 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, customs manager, Brexit, UK

3 Ways to Stay on Top of Customs Compliance

February 20, 2019 | customs4trade, work environment, Cooking, Dev

What’s Cooking at C4T?

January 22, 2019 | Compliance, International trade, Rules of origin, customs4trade, free trade agreement, FTA

The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement: An Example of the Customs Advantages of Preferential Trade

January 11, 2019 | SaaS, Compliance, International trade, export, CAS, customs4trade, software, Cosellprogram, IP Co-Sell program, 42CAP, 10x Group

VCs Back Customs4trade with 2,145 Million Euro Investment

December 21, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, CAS, Microsoft, IP Co-Sell program

C4T Admitted to Microsoft’s IP Co-Sell Program

December 14, 2018 | Compliance, import, export, CAS, Brexit, UK, EU, European Commision, united kingdom, Transit, CH

Brexit update: CH/UK relationship

December 10, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, import, export, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, UCC, #inward processing, deadline

UCC Delegated Act Amendments Series #5: Extended Deadline for Complete Use of Electronic Customs Systems in the EU

November 26, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, import, export, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, UCC, #inward processing

UCC Delegated Act Amendments Series #4: Responsible Party that Accepts Forms of Guarantee

November 19, 2018 | Compliance, import, export, CAS, Brexit, UK, EU, European Commision, united kingdom

C4T´s opinion

November 19, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, CAS, Brexit, UK, EU, European Commision

Will November 25 Be the Brexit “Moment of Truth”?

November 2, 2018 | import, export, customs4trade, work environment, innovation, software, jobs

Defining our DNA by Pieter & Ilse

October 22, 2018 | Customs, International trade, Brexit, CDS, CHIEF, EU, European Commision

The October 17-18 EU Summit: a “Moment of Truth” for Brexit Negotiations?

October 18, 2018 | SaaS, customs4trade, work environment, nature, innovation, software, jobs

Taking Team Building and Running With It

October 16, 2018 | automation, SaaS, International trade, import, export, CAS, Brexit, customs4trade, UK, CDS

How to Use Technology to Solve Your Brexit Worries

October 12, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, import, export, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, UCC, #inward processing

UCC Delegated Act Amendments Series #2: Approved Place or Authorised Place for the Presentation of Goods to Customs

October 11, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, export, Brexit, customs4trade, UK, goods flow

Will the October EU Summit Be the Moment of Truth for Brexit?

September 24, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, import, export, customs manager, CAS, customs4trade, UCC, #inward processing

UCC Delegated Act Amendments Series #3: Inward Processing

September 13, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, customs4trade, work environment, nature, innovation, software

What’s it like to work at C4T? We caught up with Brandon and Aldona to find out!

September 6, 2018 | Customs, automation, SaaS, Compliance, International trade, customs manager, customs4trade, innovation, software, AEO, authorised economic operator

Are You an Authorised Economic Operator? It Saves Time and Money—and Gives You the Competitive Edge

August 30, 2018 | automation, SaaS, International trade, import, export, CAS, Brexit, customs4trade, software, UK, CDS, CHIEF

From CHIEF to CDS: Preparing for Brexit

August 23, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, export, Rules of origin, UCC

UCC Delegated Act Amendments Series: #1 - Exporters, Registered Exporters, and Rules of Origin

August 9, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, customs4trade, work environment, nature, innovation, software, jobs

Innovation starts from within: C4T Goes Back to Nature with New Office

July 30, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, customs manager, Rules of origin, Brexit

Preparing for Brexit: 5 steps to ensure compliance with preferential rules of origin

July 19, 2018 |

Brexit and the UK's customs chimaera

July 12, 2018 | Compliance, International trade, customs manager, Rules of origin, REX, GSP

REX system: how can I continue to benefit from GSP preferences?

June 22, 2018 | Customs, automation, SaaS, Compliance, International trade, import, export, customs manager, CAS

A midsummer night’s vision: interview with Pieter Haesaert

March 19, 2018 | Customs, SaaS, Compliance, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK, CHIEF

Brexit: the EU and the UK reach a formal agreement on the transition period and on ongoing customs procedures

February 28, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK

Brexit: EU Draft Withdrawal Agreement

February 12, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK

The consequences of Brexit for UK automotive manufactures concerning type-approvals

January 31, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK

Impact of Brexit on customs formalities, indirect taxation and excises

January 30, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, export, Brexit, UK

Brexit: the EU agrees to negotiate a transition period until 31 December 2020

January 26, 2018 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, Brexit, UK

Brexit transitional period: challenges and solutions ahead

November 7, 2017 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, Brexit, UK

Brexit: the UK government introduces the Trade Bill to the Parliament

October 26, 2017 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, Brexit, UK

Brexit: the EU and the UK present a common proposal for future WTO commitments

October 13, 2017 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, Brexit, UK

Brexit 5th Round of negotiations: disagreement on withdrawal terms block the launch of discussions of the future trade relationship

October 10, 2017 | Customs, Compliance, International trade, import, Brexit, UK